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Historical Event on 2/18/1999
Ramakrishna Hedge, Commerce Minister, launched the India Brand Equity Fund (IBEF).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
| 3/23/1910 | Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952. |
| 9/20/1944 | Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 3/31/1959 | Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India. |
| 5/27/1906 | Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day. |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 11/17/1921 | Princes of Wales came to India. |
| 5/25/1995 | Parliament gives assent to Budget and passes Finance Appropriation Bill. |
| 6/20/1946 | Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state. |
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